June 24, 2009

Wii Motion Plus Hacked
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Nintendo has added a new attachment for the Wiimote, it promises to add a new level of excitement to new Wii games. Link Via Via “we are able to create a 6 DOF IMU for under $40. Thanks Nintendo! Best of all, everything is I2C so only 2 analog inputs (A4 and A5 needed for the wire library) are needed to read 6 sensors and no ADC conversion happens on

Super Mario played with Three Stepper Motors
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  Playing music using steppers is lots of fun, we have seen lots of stepper motor music in the past but this Super Mario tune sounds very nice. 🙂 Via: Adafruit "The sound you’re hearing is coming entirely from the motors. The motors are screwed into some pieces of aluminum from an old project to help them resonate. I’m taking requests for other songs to play. Currently, the information for

Rolling Apple Power Mac G4 Cube using LEGO NXT
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  This Rolling Apple Power Mac G4 Cube hack will allow your computer to tell you how it feels. If you are over working it could turn and roll away. 🙂 That would be a great concept but the guts of the mod take up the entire inside of the box. 🙁 It still looks real cool to see a computer case driving around on a table! Via: The NXT